The Home Equity Theft Reporter

There has recently been an apparent influx of companies entering the real estate market that seek to "institutionalize" the business of "peddling" sale leaseback arrangements that, at least in pa...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2022/02/institutional-sale-leaseback-peddlers.html

 In New York City, THE REAL DEAL (NEW YORK) reports: Sale-leaseback deals are becoming an increasingly popular investment option as homeowners struggle to pay their mortgages, with many facin...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2020/12/big-money-wall-street-operators-now.html

In Miami Beach, Florida, CNBC reports: Drew Grewal FACED FINES OF NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS because his Miami Beach home was being LISTED ILLEGALLY ON AIRBNB. In Miami Beach — as in New ...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/09/tenants-screw-landlords-renters-use.html

In Bucyrus, Ohio, the TELEGRAPH-FORUM reports: Weeks of unpaid work behind them, a Bucyrus couple learned Wednesday that THEY WILL NEVER GET TO LIVE IN THE HOUSE THEY LABORED TO REPAIR. The B...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/09/landlord-screws-tenant-promised-money.html

In New Haven, Connecticut, the NEW HAVEN REGISTER reports: A landlord in the city with one of the largest holdings has AGREED TO PERFORM LEAD INSPECTION AND ABATEMENT WORK AT THREE OF HIS PROPER...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/09/landlord-agrees-to-pay-120k-in.html

In Laurel Bay, South Carolina, THE BEAUFORT GAZETTE reports: Potentially thousands of former Laurel Bay residents WERE NOT WARNED OF SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION WHILE LIVING AT THE U.S. ...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/09/lawsuit-potentially-thousands-of-former.html

In LaSalle, Illinois, the NEWS TRIBUNE reports: ABOUT 2,778 HOMES WILL NEED SOIL EXCAVATED over nearly 15 years at a federal cost of almost $113 million, according to a report on the MATTHIESSEN...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/09/about-34-of-all-homes-in-southern.html

In Evansville, Indiana, WKU-RADIO 97.5 FM reports: The Environmental Protection Agency is about HALFWAY THROUGH THE CLEANUP of an Evansville site contaminated with lead and arsenic. The contam...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/09/despite-threats-of-major-federal-budget.html

In Los Angeles, California, the LOS ANGELES TIMES reports: By this fall, California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control plans to BEGIN REMOVING LEAD-TAINTED SOIL FROM 2,500 RESIDENTIAL PR...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/09/state-regulators-say-soil-at-over-10000.html

In Temple Hills, Maryland, THE WASHINGTON POST reports: About 100 people were ordered out of TWO SQUALID TEMPLE HILLS CONDOMINIUM BUILDINGS Tuesday , but a group of defiant residents said they a...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/09/about-100-residents-get-boot-on-24.html

In New Orleans, Louisiana, THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE reports: After widespread maintenance and crime issues within the Chateu Lane apartments in New Orleans East, the complex is SLATED TO BE SHUT...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/09/foreclosing-bank-announces-building.html

In Parksley, Virginia, DELMARVANOW.COM reports: Riverside Health System announced Tuesday it will CLOSE ITS NURSING HOME in Parksley in October because of "MULTIPLE BUILDING ISSUES," including ...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/09/aging-antiquated-structure-multiple.html

In Corcoran, Minnesota, the STAR TRIBUNE reports: The Metropolitan Council voted Wednesday to award nearly $235,000 in a pilot grant to a Corcoran mobile home park as part of a broader effort t...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/09/regional-authority-oks-235k-in-free.html

In Castleton, Vermont, the RUTLAND HERALD reports: Robin Crowningshield said she had to step up to stay put. Crowningshield is chairwoman of the Windy Hollow Mobile Home Cooperative, which is ...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/09/44-lot-leasing-homeowners-to-dodge-boot.html

In Boulder, Colorado, the DAILY CAMERA reports: Boulder has purchased the Ponderosa Mobile Home Park, a Boulder County enclave in the northern part of the city, which it hopes will ensure long-t...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/09/city-leverages-disaster-relief-funds-to.html

In Tucson, Arizona, the ARIZONA DAILY STAR reports: Seeking the desert climate, Donna and Derek Wilson moved their five children from southeast Texas to Tucson this summer. The dilapidated mob...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/09/mobile-home-park-tenants-struggle-with.html

In Chicago, Illinois, WBBM-TV CHANNEL 2 reports: A mother in the South suburbs moved into a dream house with her kids, ONLY TO LEARN SHE HAD BEEN SCAMMED. As she now faces eviction, CBS 2’s ...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/09/single-mom-gets-stung-in-craigslist.html

In Yulee, Florida, WJXT-TV CHANNEL 4 reports: A woman was arrested Friday , accused of exploiting her own mother for financial gain, the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office said. Venetia Mitchell...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/08/anonymous-call-to-abuse-hotline.html

In Ninety Six, South Carolina, the INDEX-JOURNAL reports: A Ninety Six man ENDED UP HOMELESS AFTER HIS BANK ACCOUNT WAS EMPTIED BY A WOMAN WHO WAS CARING FOR HIM, said Ninety Six Police Sgt. Cer...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/08/cops-caregiver-emptied-out-vulnerable.html

From a recent story in THE WASHINGTON POST: cross the nation, an increasing number of seniors are FACING FORECLOSURE AFTER TAKING OUT REVERSE MORTGAGES, either because they fell behind on proper...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/08/special-home-mortgages-for-seniors.html

In Hackensack, New Jersey, NJ.COM reports: A Hasbrouck Heights man is ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING $100,000 FROM THE ACCOUNTS OF A BERGEN COUNTY-BASED CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION in a five-year scam, prose...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/08/managing-agent-gets-pinched-for.html

From a recent opinion commentary in THE GUARDIAN: ike a strain of virulent TB that was thought eradicated, this predatory practice has returned. This time, however, the perpetrators are not “m...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/08/more-on-private-equity-outfits-use-of.html

The PEKIN DAILY TIMES reports: A measure sponsored by two Peoria lawmakers would offer new protections for people who enter into “RENT-TO-OWN” LEASES. Gov. Bruce Rauner signed Senate Bill ...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/08/new-illinois-law-aims-to-provide-some.html

In Los Angeles, California, CITY NEWS SERVICE reports: The last of FOUR PEOPLE CHARGED WITH IDENTITY FRAUD IN A CASE INVOLVING THE SALE OF A WINDSOR HILLS DUPLEX has been arrested, the sheriff�...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/08/four-suspects-face-charges-for-alleged.html

In Naples, Florida, the NAPLES DAILY NEWS reports: A Collier County man was arrested last week after he FORGED SIGNATURES TO OBTAIN MORTGAGE LOANS TOTALING $180,000, state investigators said. ...

http://homeequitytheft.blogspot.com/2017/08/cops-sw-florida-man-used-forged-deed-to.html